Last night my wife and I played with a four yard fabric remnant to consider alternatives, starting with the closure of a basic kilt..front, back, right side, left side. Then we addressed the method of closure, as in zippered or buttoned. All of this was predicated on a leisure kilt for frequent wear that would hang from the hips not the belly button, not require a massive belt, and not have the overlapping flap at the top of the phillabeg. Your input terms of comfort and ease of wear?

It seemed that with a simple button closure on the right hip of the wearer and then a full flap of panels across the front and a simple button closure on the other hip would be about the easiest to construct. This would allow either side hidden pockets or the larger box style pockets.